Saturday 21 January 2012

Milk Burfi

A Desert from India. It's fast fresh and simple. Easy to make for beginners also.
So what are you waiting for??? Let's start an Indian delicious desert.


Ingredients:
1-1/2 Cups Milk Powder
1/2 cup Superfine sugar
1-1/2 tea spoon  Citric acid Powder
1/2 cup milk
Cardamom Powder
Chopped Almonds,Pistachios

Method:
1. Mix milk powder,Superfine sugar,Citric acid powder.
2. Add Milk into it until the mixture  becomes smooth.
3. Pour this mixture in a greased plate with butter and allow it to set and cool.
4. After 10-20 minutes cut into square or diamond shape and top them with almond and pistachios pieces.

Your milk burfi is now ready to serve.











Green Peas grilled Sandwich


Simple,healthy and easy to make sandwich.  
As a starter along with your soups,this makes a great breakfast also.
This is an Indian tasty sandwich. You must try this.




Ingredients:
1 Cup Frozen peas(if using fresh boil or steam it until fresh)
4 slices white/brown bread
2-3 green chillies
1/2 teaspoon of ginger
2-3 cloves of garlic (crushed)
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Butter
Salt to taste

Method:
Stuffing:
1. Grind green peas.
2. Grind chillies,ginger,garlic and cumin seeds together.
3. In a pan heat butter and add chillies,ginger-garlic and cumin seeds paste.
4. Lower the flame and add green peas mixture.
5. Mix well all the ingredients together.
6.  Add salt to taste.
7. Add lemon juice and mix well.

Sandwich method:
1. Butter one side of slice of bread.Place bread butter side-down.
2. Add stuffing on to bread.
3. Butter a second slice of bread and place butter side-up on top of sandwich.
4.Grill until lightly browned in a sandwich maker.
5. Repeat with remaining two slices of bread.

And serve hot with tomato sauce or chutney.





















Friday 13 January 2012

Eggless Walnut Brownie

 It's rich, it's chocolaty and it's egg less! Has loads of walnut,has delicious coffee and chocolate flavor. Buttery soft and moist,with lots of crunch from walnuts. This brownie recipe has been given not only an egg less makeover  but has also been low calorie from original.
Do I need to say any more? So let's enjoy this low calorie and egg less brownie.. :-)



Ingredients:

1-1/2 cup all purpose (plain)flour
1 cup superfine sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon coffee powder
1 cup milk
2 tablespoon white vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup chopped Walnut
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method :


1. First preheat oven to 180 deg C.
2. Mix milk and Vinegar together in a separate bowl and keep it aside.
3. Sift together the flour, sugar,Cocoa Powder,Baking soda ,coffee powder and mix well.
4. Sift vegetable oil and milk-vinegar mixture over the flour and stir until smooth.
5. Add vanilla extract and Walnut pieces and stir well.
6. Spoon the mixture into a 20cm square -cake mold lined with non stick baking  paper or   lightly greased mold . Bake it for 35- 40 minutes or until center is just set.
7. Cool in mold, then turn out and cut into square pieces to serve.